The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation: Including the Demotic Spells
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by Hans Dieter Betz
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"The Greek Magical Papyri" is a collection of magical spells and formulas, hymns, and rituals from Greco-Roman Egypt, dating from the second century BC to the fifth century AD. This volume contains fresh translations of these and other texts.
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The Greek Magical Papyri in Translation: Including the Demotic Spells: Texts
January 1, 1997, University Of Chicago Press
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0226044475 9780226044477
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"As important as the Greek magical papyri are to the understanding of Greco-Roman religion, as noted by Betz in his Introduction to the Greek magical texts, their full significance can be perceived only when it is realized that these texts written in Greek are part of a larger corpus that also includes texts written in that stage of the Egyptian language known as "Demotic," and that the corpus as a whole derives in very large measure from earlier Egyptian religious and magical beliefs and practices."
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